TFS H. S. Girls Volleyball at Marian Catholic H. S.

TF United vs. Homewood Flossmoor HS Boys Soccer

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Homewood Flossmoor boys plays Thornton Fractional United in a first round game of the 2012 Winday City Rams Classic played at HF at 999 Kedzie, Homewood, IL on Tuesday night 8-21-12. The Thornton Fractional United team is a coop team comprised of players from TF North and TF South.

8/21/2012

Album ID: 1520208

Photos by Judy Fidkowski

MEMORIAL BENEFIT FOR USMC LCPL PHILIP J. MARTINI BY JOHN SMIERCIAK

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LANSING | Saturday’s afternoon thunderstorms cooled the air, but not the camaraderie at the second annual Lance Cpl. Philip J. Martini Memorial Benefit at J.J. Kelley’s Restaurant in Pub.
The event honored Martini, a Thornton Fractional South High School graduate and U.S. Marine killed in action by a sniper while on patrol in Al-Anbar Province, Iraq on April 8, 2006. That tour was the 25-year-old's second deployment during Iraq War.

7/14/2012

Album ID: 1502421

Photos by John Smierciak

USMC SGT. RYAN VENEM 23, OF LANSING, IL., COMES HOME BY JOHN SMIERCIAK

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On Thursday, June 28, 2012, USMC Sgt. Ryan Venem, 23, returned to Lansing following his second deployment to Afghanistan. He returned to Lansing around noon, where he was met by the Lansing Police Department and was escorted through town, heading south on Torrence Avenue from Interstate 94, then east on Ridge Road to Wentworth and back north, ending up at J.J. Kelly’s for a welcome home celebration. Venem grew up in Lansing, playing in Lansing Little League and Lions football and attending T.F. South where he was on the football, baseball and wrestling teams and graduated in 2007. He returned to his base in California in May, planning his return to his hometown to be able to attend a July 14 fundraiser at J.J. Kelley’s in honor of LCPL Phil Martini, who was killed in Iraq in 2006 while serving with the Marines. He is a Lansing native and TF South grad. More information on the fundraiser is available at PJMUSMC.ORG.

6/29/2012

Album ID: 1495318

Photos by John Smierciak

PREP FOOTBALL 7-7 PASSING TOURNAMENT BY JOHN SMIERCIAK

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7-7 Passing tournament put on by Richards High School in Oak Lawn, Il. with Thornton Fractional South and Mt. Carmel High School teams attending.